Monday, April 26, 2004

documentary about Vancouver painter Attila Richard Lukacs

"Vaisbord: 'What did he do for painting?'
Sokolowski: 'I think he tried to show that Canadians could be more than people with good manners...you know, it's the school of eight thing.'

V: 'The Group of Seven?'

S: 'The Group of Seven. If I were to fault Attila and Diane (Farris), they sort of wanted to play with fire but they weren't willing to get burnt.... You just can't take loaded symbols and say, `Oh, I'm just play acting.'... You know, Saturday afternoon Sodom and Gomorrah.'"